Drive wheel and hub



Jal-1.24, 192s.. s '1,657,054

DjoRsAY Mec. WHITE DRIVE WHEEL AND HUB Filed Sept. 21, 1925 l,- IL! ha.

g INVENTOR DORSAY MQCAITLWHTTE BY 'M ATTORNEY Patented dan. 24, 1928.

UNITED ySTATES PATENT OFFICE.

DORSAY MGCALL WHITE, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MOTOR INDUSTRIES,INC., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

DRIVE WHEEL AND HUB.

Application filed September 211, 1925. Serial No. 57,603.

This invention relates to wheels, and is illustrated as embodied in therear driving wheel of an automobile. Various features of the inventionrelate to providing a hub in one piece 'with the wheel disk, andpreferably internally splined and tapered, and to arranging the variousparts in such a manner as to secure maximum strength.

These various 'features of the invention 1o will be apparent from thefollowing description of one illustrative embodiment shown in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

The ligure is a radial section through onehalf of the wheel andassociated parts.

The wheel illustrated is pressed in one piece froma blank suitablyrolled to make it thicker in the center, so that the inwardl ,-extendingintegrall -drawn hub is relatively heavy. This hu is tapered andbreached 2o to Jform splines, and is held by a nut 12 wedged `on thesplined tapered end 14 of a semi-floating live axle section 16. Section16 is supportedl by an anti-friction bearing 18 at 'the end of the axlehousing 20.

The wheel body disk 22 flares inwardly, from the outer end ci? hub 10,substantially to the midplane of the wheel, where a brake drum 24 iswelded or otherwise secured. Thence disk 22, which tapers outwardly in3o thickness, dares outwardly again and is then turned inwardly to forma flange 26 terminating substantially at the midplane of 'the wheel. 0nflange 26 is wedged, by any suitable means, a tire-carrying rim 28substan- B5 tially bisected by the midplane of the wheel.

While one illustrative embodiment has been described in detail, it isnot my intention to limit the scope of the invention to that particularembodiment, or otherwise than by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wheel having a hub, a load-carrying disk extending from the outerend of the hub, flared axially inward toward the inner end of the hub,then provided with an annular plane portion, and then flared axiallyoutward to its periphery, in combination with a brake drum secured tosaid annular plane portion. y

2. A wheel having a hub, a load-carrying disk extending from the outerend of the hub, liared axially inward toward the inner end of 'the hub,and flared axially ontward again to its periphery, in combination with abrake drum secured to the disk between the two flared portions.

3. A wheel having a hub and disk drawn in one integral piece, with thedisk extend ing from the outer end of the hub, iaring inwardly at irsttoward the inner end of the 6" hub, and outwardly again to itsperiphery, in combination with a brake drum secured to said disk betweenthe two flared portions.

4. A wheel having a hub and disk drawn in one integral piece, with thedisk extending from the outer end of the hub, flaring inwardly at rsttoward the inner end of the hub, then formed with an annular planeportion, and then outwardly again to its periphery, in combination witha brake drum secured to said plane portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

noRsAr MCoALL WHITE.

